I often think of strange land Place where I have never been befo' I often think of strange land Place where I have never been befo' Because I'm having bad luck Ev'rywhere I go Out in California That is where I long to be Way out in California That's where I long to be Because my trouble and worry Has really came down on me Sometime I wanna be in L'ousiana Down by the Gulf of Mexico Sometime I wanna be in L'ousiana Down by the gulf of Mexico And then sometime I don't know where in the world I wanna go Ain't it bad, people To have to give up the one you love? Ain't it bad, people To have to give up the one you love? It make you feel like Givin' yo' soul to the Lord, above To look in my baby's face Makes me feel so sad and blue To look in my baby's face Makes me feel so sad and blue When she's gone to a strange land People, it's sad she don't want you. ~